BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld
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BlackBerry®
Wireless Handheld
User Guide
User Guide, BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld
BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld™ Model Number: RAP40GW
Last modified: 3 November 2004
Part number: SWD_X_HH(EN)-004.001
At the time of publication, this documentation complies with handheld software version 4.0.
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Contents
Enterprise activation .....................................................5 Service books ................................................................ 83
Email messages ...............................................................7 Frequently asked questions ..................................... 85
PIN messages ................................................................ 13 Tips .................................................................................117
SMS messages .............................................................. 15 Legal notice .................................................................123
Search .............................................................................. 17 Index ..............................................................................125
Attachments .................................................................. 19
Synchronizing data ..................................................... 21
Backing up and restoring handheld data ........... 23
Typing ............................................................................. 25
Phone .............................................................................. 27
Browser ........................................................................... 35
Downloading ................................................................ 39
Contacts ......................................................................... 41
Calendar ......................................................................... 45
Tasks ................................................................................ 49
Memos ............................................................................ 51
Alarm ............................................................................... 53
Calculator ....................................................................... 55
Bluetooth® .................................................................... 57
Date and time .............................................................. 59
Profiles ............................................................................ 61
Screen display ............................................................... 63
Language ....................................................................... 65
Power and battery ....................................................... 67
Network coverage ....................................................... 69
SIM card ......................................................................... 73
Security ........................................................................... 75
BrickBreaker .................................................................. 81
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Enterprise activation
• About enterprise activation Activate the handheld over the
• Activate the handheld over the wireless wireless network
network In the handheld options, click Enterprise
Activation. Type your corporate email address and
About enterprise activation the password provided to you by your system
administrator. Click the trackwheel. Click Activate.
Use the enterprise activation feature to integrate
your handheld with your corporate Microsoft® Related topic
Outlook® or IBM® Lotus® Domino® email
• Why are some messages already on my
account if you have access to BlackBerry
handheld?
Enterprise Server version 4.0. You can also use this
feature to load or restore handheld data saved as
part of an automatic wireless backup, a personal
information management synchronization, or a
wireless email reconciliation.
If you have access to BlackBerry Enterprise Server
version 4.0, and Enterprise Activation does not
appear in the handheld options, verify with your
service provider that you have been provisioned
for enterprise activation. If you have been
provisioned for the service and the option does
not appear, contact your system administrator.
If you do not have access to BlackBerry Enterprise
Server version 4.0, refer to the printed
documentation that accompanied your handheld
for more information on integrating your
handheld with an email account.
Notes:
If the handheld has not yet been activated, or you
are upgrading your software, Enterprise Activation
might appear on the Home screen. Click
Enterprise Activation to verify the status of the
activation.
If the Enterprise Activation does not appear on
the Home screen, in the handheld options, click
Enterprise Activation to verify the activation
status.
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Email messages
• Open a message 3. Click [Use Once].
• Send an email message 4. Click Email.
• Save draft messages 5. Type an email address.
• Add contacts to a message 6. Click the trackwheel.
• Set the importance level 7. Click Continue.
• Change sent messages 8. Type a message.
• Manage messages 9. Click the trackwheel.
• File messages 10. Click Send.
• View filed messages Notes:
• Delete multiple messages at one time If you have added contacts to the address book,
you can select a contact from the list after you
• Mark a message as opened or unopened click Compose Email.
• Search the messages list If your handheld is integrated with multiple email
• Search the handheld services, you can select the service from which
your message should be sent. At the top of the
• Save a copy of messages sent from the message, in the Using field, press the Space key
handheld until the preferred service appears. All subsequent
• Add an email signature messages are also sent from this service.
• Set an out of office reply
Save draft messages
• Create an email filter To save a draft of a message, click the trackwheel.
• Set folder redirection Click Save Draft.
• Email and PIN messages — frequently asked
questions
Add contacts to a message
To send a message to multiple contacts, click the
Open a message trackwheel. Click Add To, Add Cc, or Add Bcc.
An unopened email message appears in the To attach a contact to a message, click the
messages list with a closed envelope icon. After trackwheel. Click Attach Address.
you open the message, the closed envelope
changes to an open envelope. Set the importance level
When composing a message, click the trackwheel.
Send an email message Click Options. Set the Importance field to High or
1. In the messages list, click the trackwheel. Low. Save your changes.
2. Click Compose Email.
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Change sent messages View filed messages
To change the text in a sent message and resend To display all filed messages in the messages list,
it, open the message. Click the trackwheel. Click in the messages options, click General Options.
Edit. Change the text. Click the trackwheel. Click Set the Hide Filed Messages field to No.
Send.
To view messages within a specific folder, in the
To change the recipient of a sent message and messages list, click the trackwheel. Click View
resend it, open the message. Click the trackwheel. Folder. Click a folder. Click Select Folder.
Click Edit. Select a contact. Click the trackwheel.
Click Change Address. Click a new contact. Send Note:
your message. To view sent messages, in the messages list, click
To resend your message to the same contact, open the trackwheel. Click View Folder. Click Sent Items.
Click Select Folder.
the message. Click the trackwheel. Click Resend.
Manage messages Delete multiple messages at one
time
Open a message. Click the trackwheel. Perform
To delete multiple messages, hold the Shift key
one of the following actions:
and select a series of messages. Press the Delete
• Save key.
• Reply To delete sent and received messages prior to and
• Forward including a date, click a date. Click Delete Prior.
• Reply To All Note:
• Delete When you reconcile your handheld with your
mailbox, any messages that you deleted from your
To delete the original message from a reply, click handheld using the Delete Prior option are not
the trackwheel. Click Delete Original Text. deleted from your mailbox.
File messages Related topic
To file a message, click the message. Click File. • Reconcile deleted messages
Click a folder. Click File.
Mark a message as opened or
Notes: unopened
To expand a folder, click a folder with a plus sign
To change the status of a message, click a
(+) beside it. Click Expand.
message. Click Mark Opened or Mark Unopened.
To collapse a folder, click a folder with a minus
To change the status of multiple unread messages
sign (-) beside it. Click Collapse.
to read, click a date field. Click Mark Prior Opened.
Related topics
• Can I file messages?
• View filed messages
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Save a copy of messages sent from Related topic
the handheld • About email signatures
Set this option to save messages sent from your
handheld in the Sent Items folder of your mailbox. About out of office reply
1. In the messages options, click Email Settings. The out of office reply is automatically sent to
your contacts the first time that the contact sends
2. Set the Save Copy In Sent Folder field to Yes.
you an email message.
3. Click the trackwheel.
To set an out of office reply from your handheld,
4. Click Save. your handheld must be integrated with an email
account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Note: version 4.0. Alternatively, you can set an out of
Set the save copy option for each message service office reply in your mailbox.
on your handheld.
Note:
Related topic Set an out of office reply for each message service
• View filed messages on your handheld.
About email signatures Set an out of office reply
The signature is added to your email messages 1. In the messages options, click Email Settings.
after you send them. It does not appear on your
2. Set the Use Out Of Office Reply field to Yes.
handheld when you compose the email message.
3. Type a reply.
To add a signature to messages sent from your
handheld, your handheld must be integrated with 4. If you use a Lotus Notes® mailbox, in the
an email account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Until field, set the date on which the out of
Server version 4.0. Alternatively, you can add a office reply should be disabled.
signature in the BlackBerry Desktop Software. 5. Click the trackwheel.
Note: 6. Click Save.
Set an email signature for each message service
Related topic
on your handheld.
• About out of office reply
Add an email signature
About email filters
1. In the messages options, click Email Settings.
You create filters to specify which email messages
2. Set the Use Auto Signature field to Yes. are forwarded to your handheld and which
3. Type a signature. messages remain in your mailbox. To forward
messages to your handheld, select Forward with
4. Click the trackwheel.
Level 1 Notification (sends messages with higher
5. Click Save. priority) or Forward header only (sends messages
with only the To, Sent, From, and Subject fields).
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If the message does not meet any filter criteria • Create a filter quickly
and should not be forwarded, set the If no filters
apply, send email to handheld field to No. Use email filters
Filters are applied to messages based on the order Click a filter. Perform one of the following actions:
in which they appear. If you create multiple filters
• Enable filter
that could apply to the same message, you must
decide which one to apply first by placing that • Disable filter
filter higher in the list. • View
To create email filters on your handheld, your
• Edit
handheld must be integrated with an email
account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server • Delete
version 4.0. Alternatively, you can use the • Move up
BlackBerry Desktop Software to create email
filters. • Move down
Note: Create a filter quickly
Set email filters for each message service on your In the messages list, click a message on which to
handheld. base your filter. Perform one of the following
actions:
Create an email filter
• Create a filter based on the sender: Click
1. In the messages options, click Email Filters. Filter Sender.
2. Click the trackwheel. • Create a filter based on the subject: Click
3. Click New. Filter Subject.
4. Set the filter information. Add a title and save the filter.
5. Click the trackwheel.
About folder redirection
6. Click Save.
If rules within your mailbox direct new messages
Notes: into different folders, you must specify which
desktop email folders should forward messages to
To add a contact to the From or Sent to fields, click
your handheld.
the trackwheel. Click Select Name. Click a name.
Click Continue. To set folder redirection, your handheld must be
integrated with an email account using the
To make the filter detect messages from multiple
BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.0.
contacts, use semi colons to separate your
Alternatively, you can use the BlackBerry Desktop
contacts in the From or Sent to fields.
Software to specify folder redirection settings.
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Note:
• About email filters
Set folder redirection for each message service on
• Use email filters your handheld.
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Set folder redirection
1. In the messages options, click Email Settings.
2. Click the trackwheel.
3. Click Folder Redirection.
4. Select the check boxes.
5. Click the trackwheel.
6. Click Save.
Notes:
Verify that you selected the Inbox. If you do not
select the Inbox, email messages are not
forwarded from this folder.
To specify all of your folders for redirection,
including your Sent Items folder, select the Select
All check box. All email messages sent from your
mailbox also appear on your handheld.
Related topics
• About folder redirection
• View filed messages
• How do I make changes to the folders on my
handheld?
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PIN messages
• About PIN messages Note:
• Find your PIN If your handheld is integrated with an email
account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Open a message version 4.0, your PIN is displayed on the
• Send a PIN message Enterprise Activation screen.
• Save draft messages
Send a PIN message
• Add contacts to a message 1. In the messages list, click the trackwheel.
• Change sent messages 2. Click Compose PIN.
• Manage messages 3. Click [Use Once].
• Delete multiple messages at one time 4. Click PIN.
• Mark a message as opened or unopened 5. Type a PIN number.
• Search the messages list 6. Click the trackwheel.
• Search the handheld 7. Click Continue.
• Email and PIN messages — frequently asked 8. Type a message.
questions 9. Click the trackwheel.
About PIN messages 10. Click Send.
A personal identification number (PIN) uniquely Note:
identifies each BlackBerry handheld on the If you have added contacts to the address book,
network. If you know the PIN of another you can select a contact from the list after you
BlackBerry handheld user, you can send a PIN click Compose PIN.
message to that person. PIN messages are not
routed through an existing email account.
When your PIN message is delivered to the
recipient, a D appears with a check mark in the
messages list.
Find your PIN
In the handheld options, click Status.
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SMS messages
• About SMS messages Type an SMS number
• Find your SMS number When you type an SMS-compatible number,
include the country code and the area code.
• Type an SMS number
• Open an SMS message Note:
In the phone, set your smart-dialing options to
• Send an SMS message
avoid typing the country code and area code.
• Save draft messages
Related topic
• Manage messages
• About smart dialing
• Resend an SMS message
• Enable cell broadcast messages Open an SMS message
• Manage cell broadcast channels An unopened SMS message appears in the
messages list with a closed italic envelope icon.
• Delete multiple messages at one time After you open the message, the closed italic
• Mark a message as opened or unopened envelope changes to an open italic envelope.
• Search the messages list
Send an SMS message
• Search the handheld 1. In the messages list, click the trackwheel.
• Leave SMS messages on the SIM card 2. Click Compose SMS.
• SMS messages — frequently asked questions 3. Click [Use Once].
4. Click SMS.
About SMS messages
With an SMS-compatible phone number, you can 5. Type the SMS-compatible phone number.
send and receive short message service (SMS) 6. Click the trackwheel.
messages. An SMS-compatible number is a phone
7. Click Continue.
number (work, home, mobile, or pager) that your
service provider enables for SMS. 8. Type a message.
You can send SMS messages to contacts who have 9. Click the trackwheel.
SMS-compatible phone numbers. 10. Click Send.
Find your SMS number Note:
In the phone, the My Number field displays your If you have added contacts to the address book,
phone number. If your handheld is enabled for you can select a contact from the list after you
SMS, this number is also your SMS number. click Compose SMS.
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Manage messages Manage cell broadcast channels
Open a message. Click the trackwheel. Perform The cell broadcast channels that you subscribe to
one of the following actions: determine the kind of information messages that
you receive. In the handheld options, click SMS.
• Save
Select a channel from the list. Click the
• Reply trackwheel. Perform one of the following actions:
• Forward • To receive messages from a new channel,
• Delete click Add Channel.
To remove the history from an SMS message, • To specify a preferred name for the selected
when replying, click the trackwheel. Click Remove channel, click Set Nickname.
History. • To stop receiving messages from the selected
channel, click Disable.
Resend an SMS message • To remove the selected channel, click Delete
To resend your SMS message to the same contact, Channel.
open the message. Click the trackwheel. Click
Resend. Note:
To specify the languages in which you would like
About cell broadcast messages to receive cell broadcast messages, scroll down the
If your service provider supports cell broadcasting, list and select a cell broadcast language. Click the
and provides you with access to a cell trackwheel. Click Enable or Disable.
broadcasting channel, you can receive information
Related topic
messages from the wireless network. These SMS
messages can communicate information about • About cell broadcast messages
weather, sports, traffic, or other news directly to
your handheld. For more information on cell
broadcasting, contact your service provider.
Enable cell broadcast messages
To enable cell broadcasting, in the handheld
options, click SMS. Set the Cell Broadcasting
Service field to On.
Related topic
• About cell broadcast messages
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Search
• About search • Search for a specific contact
• Search the messages list • Search for a subject
• Search the handheld
Use saved searches
About search To view your saved searches, in the messages list,
click the trackwheel. Click Search. Click the
You can search the messages list using criteria
trackwheel. Click Recall.
that you set and save those searches for future
use. You can also search for contacts or search for Click a search. Perform one of the following
all messages containing the same subject. actions:
You can also search the handheld to find content • View
across all programs. With the global search, files
• Edit
which appear in the search results can be used
just as they would in the original program. For • Delete
example, you can manage email messages in your To view the terms of your last search quickly, in the
search results the same way that you would in the list of searches, click the trackwheel. Click Last.
messages list.
Search for a specific contact
Search the messages list
To search for all messages from a specific sender,
1. In the messages list, click the trackwheel. click the message. Click Search Sender.
2. Click Search. To search for all messages to a specific recipient,
3. Set the search criteria. click the message. Click Search Recipient.
4. Click the trackwheel.
Search for a subject
5. Click Save.
To search for all messages with the same subject,
6. Add a name and a shortcut key for your click a message. Click Search Subject.
search.
7. Click the trackwheel. Search the handheld
8. Click Save. 1. In the search program, type text in the Text
field to search the records on your handheld.
Note: 2. In the Name field, type text to search using
You can search without saving the details for the the names of contacts in your address book,
search. After you set the criteria, click the calendar, or messages list.
trackwheel. Click Search.
3. Select the check boxes for the programs to
Related topics search.
• Use saved searches 4. Click Search.
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Notes:
If you type more than one word in the Text or
Name field, all the words must appear in the same
field for the search to be successful.
File attachments are not searched when you
search across the handheld programs.
To expand a folder, click a folder with a plus sign
(+) beside it. Click Expand.
To collapse a folder, click a folder with a minus
sign (-) beside it. Click Collapse.
Related topic
• How do I search for text within a file
attachment?
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Attachments
• About attachments To update contact information, when viewing an
address book attachment, click the trackwheel.
• Use address book attachments
Click Update Address.
• Open a file attachment
• Open an image attachment Open a file attachment
1. Place your cursor in the name of the file
• Navigate attachments
attachment.
• Attachments — frequently asked questions
2. Click the trackwheel.
About attachments 3. Click Open Attachment.
Address book attachments enable recipients of 4. Select Table of Contents to open an
your messages to view and add contacts to their automatically generated table of contents for
handheld address books. When you open a the file attachment, or select Full Content to
message that contains an address book open the complete file attachment.
attachment, a book icon appears at the bottom of 5. Click the trackwheel.
the message with the name of the attached
contact. 6. Click Retrieve.
You can view certain types of file attachments on
Open an image attachment
your handheld, including .zip, .htm, .html, .doc,
.dot, .ppt, .pdf, .wpd, .txt, and .xls files. You can 1. Place your cursor in the name of the image
also view .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, .tif image attachment.
attachments. 2. Click the trackwheel.
A message with a file attachment appears in the 3. Click View Attachment.
messages list with a paperclip icon.
Navigate attachments
Related topic
To open content that is embedded within a
• Can I view file attachments on my handheld?
document or spreadsheet, click a content link.
Click Retrieve. Examples of embedded content
Use address book attachments include tables, images, footnotes, text boxes, or
To view an address book attachment, in an open comments. Press the Escape button to return to
message, click the trackwheel. Click View the main attachment content.
Attachment.
To scroll horizontally in a spreadsheet, hold the Alt
To add the contact information to your address key and roll the trackwheel.
book, when viewing an address book attachment,
To move to a specific cell within a spreadsheet,
click the trackwheel. Click Add to Address Book.
click the trackwheel. Click Go to Cell. Type the cell
co-ordinates and click the trackwheel.
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To display the contents of a specific cell in a
spreadsheet, click the trackwheel. Click View Cell.
To switch to a different worksheet in a
spreadsheet, click the trackwheel. Click Select
Worksheet. Click a worksheet.
To view the previous worksheet in a spreadsheet,
click the trackwheel. Click Prev Sheet.
To view the next worksheet in a spreadsheet, click
the trackwheel. Click Next Sheet.
To pan horizontally across an image, hold the Alt
key and roll the trackwheel.
To zoom into or out of an image, click the
trackwheel. Click Zoom In or Zoom Out.
To zoom to the original image size, click the
trackwheel. Click Zoom 1:1.
To turn an image 90 degrees in a clockwise
direction, click the trackwheel. Click Rotate.
To view an image in more detail after zooming in,
click the trackwheel. Click Enlarge Area.
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